LGBTQ

High courts best forum for runaway couples intending to marry: Lawyer on unmarried, live-in couples seeking protection in courts

November 17, 2025 2:21 pm

Advocate Utkarsh Singh told The Indian Express that the biggest challenge in representing the unmarried live-in relationship couple is convincing the court that they are ‘citizens of India’ exercising their constitutional right.

Harry Potter reboot: How JK Rowling’s continued anti-trans activism spurred boycott call

October 18, 2025 9:33 am

The boycott call, which extends to all properties affiliated with Rowling, aims to create financial consequences for the author who has lent her conviction and money to anti-transgender rights advocacy for years. Here is what to know.

How a café sign became a target of hate amid rising anti-LGBTQ+ violence in Berlin

July 31, 2025 8:16 pm

Last year, 12 of Germany’s 16 states saw a 40 per cent jump in attacks targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

First line of LGBT caregivers gets ready in Pune

July 25, 2025 6:34 pm

Pune-based Yutak has collaborated with several agencies to impart training in paramedics to the first batch of 25 members of LGBTQ+ community. The first batch will pass out by the end of July.

Beyond the canon: How fanfiction became an LGBTQ+ sanctuary

July 28, 2025 11:15 am

While mainstream stories hesitated, fanfiction let LGBTQ+ readers imagine love, identity and freedom without any limits.

After Pride month, let's talk about mental health of queer people

July 04, 2025 4:52 pm

In India, most LGBTQIA++ people are rejected, abused and face violence, even in families and communities

Let our parents be parents, without the burden of the gender binary

June 19, 2025 10:21 am

I read, in awe, the judgment of the Kerala High Court granting five-month-old Zabiya Zahhad the dignity of calling her parents — a trans man and a trans woman — “Parents”

'Love is love': Punekars stand for diversity at Pride Walk

June 08, 2025 10:40 pm

Employees of corporations like Kohler, Cummins, and Deutsche Bank could be seen at the march donning their company’s pride merchandise

Edmund White – the 'godfather of gay literature'– is no more: 6 books you should read

June 05, 2025 10:39 pm

White wrote fearlessly, blending high literary style with raw, often explicit accounts of desire and identity.

This Pride Month, let all colours of the rainbow shine equally bright

June 04, 2025 6:29 pm

The word "queer", with its long history of being a term of shame attributed to people whose sexual orientation was suspect, has been reclaimed by the community for more than 30 years now

Thailand’s LGBTQ community celebrates historic step towards marriage equality

January 23, 2025 3:35 pm

Thailand creates history as marriage equality bill comes into effect, the LGBTQ+ community celebrates.

Pride Month: Must-watch international films highlighting queer issues, the community's victories and joys

June 03, 2024 11:41 am

Top pictures of the week from around the world

December 03, 2022 2:26 pm

From protests in China against the harsh Covid lockdowns to the eruption of Mauna Loa volcano after 38 years, here are the top pictures from around the world from the past week

March for love, equality: Glimpses of Gandhinagar Pride Parade

September 25, 2022 7:25 pm

In Pictures: Pride month celebrations across the globe

June 07, 2021 7:00 pm

The month of June is celebrated is Pride Month across the world in support of the LGBTQ+ communities. As Covid-19 restrictions ease in some parts of the world, pride parades and celebrations are in full swing.

Rainbow flags, balloons & placards: What Gandhinagar's first pride parade looked like

February 10, 2020 7:35 am

This was the first queer pride parade to be held in Gandhinagar.

More than 1,000 LGBTQ members hold pride parade in Delhi

November 25, 2019 7:16 am

The members of LGBTQ community and their supporters marched through New Delhi on Sunday to celebrate India's sexual diversity, which they said is progressing but still has a long way to go to become a more accepting place for them.

Under the Rainbow: Rohit Bal, Namrata Joshipura and others dress up transgender models for a unique fashion show in Delhi

December 30, 2017 4:13 pm

Kitty Su, one of the most famous night clubs in Delhi, organised 'Under the Rainbow', a unique fashion show featuring transgender models, drag queens and differently-abled people. Designers like Rohit Bal, Namrata Joshipura, Pallavi Mohan and others lend their support.

Sec 377 profiles: I was afraid of telling my parents I’m bisexual. I thought I will be disowned.

June 22, 2020 6:20 pm

One of the petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of section 377 in the Supreme Court spoke with The Indian Express about his journey, how he told the truth to his parents, girlfriend and friends.